02-17-2008, 05:57 PM
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Location: Maryland
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February 17th
1653 ~ Birthday of Arcangelo Corelli, Composer.
1801 ~ An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was resolved when Jefferson was elected President and Burr Vice President by the House of Representatives.
1844 ~ Birthday of Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder.
1867 ~ The first ship passed through the Suez Canal.
1895 ~ Swan Lake, one of the more famous ballets, with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, was first completely performed in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1909 ~ Death of Geronimo, Apache leader.
1962 ~ Death of Bruno Walter, Conductor.
1972 ~ President Nixon departed on his historic trip to China.
1979 ~ China invaded Vietnam.
1992 ~ Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
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